Christmas Bells

I heard the bells on Christmas Day

Their old, familiar carols play,

     And wild and sweet

     The words repeat

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

 

 

And thought how, as the day had come,

The belfries of all Christendom

     Had rolled along

     The unbroken song

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

 

 

Till, ringing, singing on its way,

The world revolved from night to day,

     A voice, a chime

     A chant sublime

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

 

 

And in despair I bowed my head;

"There is no peace on earth," I said;

     "For hate is strong,

     And mocks the song

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"

 

 

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:

"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep!

     The Wrong shall fail,

     The Right prevail,

With peace on earth, good-will to men!"

 

 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 

 

May the God Who doth not slumber nor sleep fill your hearts with his peace this Christmas season and in the New Year.